sethsethseth
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"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law"
Hello Everyone, I am Frater Seth and I live in Orlando, Florida.
Finding myself here on Temple of Thelema doesn't seem that strange, even for a man who was born in Arkansas and raised by good ol' Southern Baptist.I guess that my "initiation" started in 2007 at age 19 when introduced to NLP from another field of study in which I was severely interested. NLP lead to more and more psychology and learning courses which led to a career path in psychology.
Several years later I came across Ross Jeffries which recommended at book called the Middle Pillar by Israel Regardie. This introduction to Magick led me to the works of Robert Anton Wilson, Christopher Hyatt, and many others including Dr. Richard Bandler.
As a psychology major, invoking archetypal energies(spirits) didn't seem that "crazy" if look at through the psychological (quasi-psychological) model of Carl Jung. However, at this point I tend to look at Magick as behavioral theraphy (see Illumanatus! Trilogy appendix for this comparison).
I have heard of Magick described as brain changed willed and have attributed MY Magickal experiances as one's of learning experiences. Although I am not entirely ruling out the possibility to see demons or angels, my experiance has not shown me a visual representation of demons while evoking. However, this is probably most likely to deal with not following instructions properly.
So, up until now I see ceremonial magical rituals as being metaphors for my advancement of my will. More specifically, the more exact and precise that I perform a ritual( Ex: Liber Resh, Middle Pillar, Lesser Banishing, etc) represents the intensity and thoroughness with with I conduct my actual life, work, play, etc.
However, the only advice I would like to share from my experience with doing Magick for 7 years is this:
Thoroughly define the intentions of the operations and thoroughly define the means with which you chose to accomplish this desire. Start with more specific rituals(ex: getting a job vs a prayer to get more money), but if resources are limited or your Will is limited start with visualizations and prayers or whatever you believe will cause x to happen at y time.
Write down your results after ritual, day after, week etc or length of time to accomplish desire. Also, if you want more confidence you can surely invoke James Bond, etc. But, prior to invoking watch some films and write down the specific behaviors that look like confidence etc.
So, when you invoke in your mind you will see yourself walking, smiling, talking, and engaging in other behaviors that are a by-product of feeling confident. Remember: specificity and clarity of both Problem and Goal is required for fast manifestation.
Yours Falsely,
Frater Seth
"Love is the Law, love under Will."
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hihihi sethsethseth
(sorry couldn't resist)Welcome to the boards! fnord